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How to extract JPG from EML
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MouldyOldDough
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I have a 1.06Mb "EML" Outlook message file - that contains 2 JPG images - that I need to extract - how is this possible and how is it achieved ?
I reckon that they originated in an apple device
If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
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If you open the email then you can just right click on the image and "save as".0
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MattMattMattUK said:If you open the email then you can just right click on the image and "save as".No I can't - it appears to be embedded in the fileAnd how can a 1.06Mb file contain 2 * hi res images ?
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Doesn't matter - I have asked the sender to send the images as straight forward JPG files - but I am still trying to work out exactly what I received in the first place - the whole file was 1.06Mb (with an EML attachment, that when opened, contained 2 * Hi resolution images) - you try to work that out ...
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Compression?
Also define high definition, two 0.5Mb files with a small header making up the balance.1 -
MattMattMattUK said:Compression?
Also define high definition, two 0.5Mb files with a small header making up the balance.
You are correct - both files were around 500Kb !!
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MouldyOldDough said:Doesn't matter - I have asked the sender to send the images as straight forward JPG files - but I am still trying to work out exactly what I received in the first place - the whole file was 1.06Mb (with an EML attachment, that when opened, contained 2 * Hi resolution images) - you try to work that out ...
It's rare for attachments to be that efficiently encoded, normally they are base64 encoded into ASCII characters, with a 37% overhead. I'm guessing that it wasn't sent as an email itself and was just an encoded attachment in another email - it's an odd thing to do.
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